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Michael Beck
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Written by:
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John Grisham
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“Welcome back, Jake. . . . [Brigance] is one of the most fully developed and engaging characters in all of Grisham’s novels.”—USA Today
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy white man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and defense attorney Jake Brigance into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County’s most notorious citizens, just three years earlier.
The second will raises many more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?
Look for all of John Grisham’s gripping Jake Brigance novels:
A Time to Kill
Sycamore Row
A Time for Mercy
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What the critics say
“One of [Grisham’s] finest . . . Sycamore Row is a true literary event.”—The New York Times Book Review
Praise for the novels of John Grisham
“John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got in the United States these days.”—The New York Times Book Review
“In all of Grisham’s best books . . . the reader gets good company, a vigorous runaround and . . . a bit of a legal education.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Grisham’s books are smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex, interesting people.”—The Washington Post
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“John Grisham owns the legal thriller.” —The Denver Post
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Another of favorites
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This story was indepth and entertaining. As popular as A Time to Kill was, I find this plot with its twists to be far better. And Michael Beck did an even better job at this book.
That sycamore tree
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EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY!
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Great from start to finish!
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An amazing and timely story to indulge in.
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